Redwood
Symphony will once again join forces
with the White Album Ensemble of
Santa Cruz for a memorable
performance of live Beatles’ music
at 8 p.m. on September 12 at the Fox
Theatre in Redwood City, benefitting
Redwood Symphony’s Community and
Cultural Outreach programs.

Blending
the worlds of classical and pop,
this concert will provide a rich
romp through the music that multiple
generations of music lovers continue
to enjoy together. It will build on
last year's acclaimed "Here Comes
the Sun!" benefit and will feature a
nostalgic trip down Abbey Road with
a full orchestra, under the creative
baton of Maestro Eric Kujawsky,
backing this remarkable eight-piece
band. The lush sound of the symphony
will fill out those unforgettable
melodies from everyone’s favorite
icons of rock and roll.

The
Beatles occupy a hallowed place at
the very top of the popular
music
pantheon. Their post-touring
repertoire, beginning with Sgt.
Pepper, is among the most
impressively innovative music of the
past 50 years. That's exactly the
repertoire that this concert will
celebrate — with a full
symphony orchestra accompanying the
unique Santa Cruz-based White Album
Ensemble.

Setting
itself apart from Beatles “tribute
bands,” the White Album Ensemble
specializes in the post-touring
Beatles repertoire, recreating them
in their original arrangements,
lovingly reconstructed from the
actual recordings. Featuring
some of the Beatles' most
modernistic and artistic songs that
producer George Martin (the Fifth
Beatle) added orchestral instruments
to, as well as interesting sound
effects, edits, and distortions,
this concert will include music the
Beatles themselves never played
live.

The White
Album Ensemble features a core of
talented musicians and friends who
have been performing together for
years, including former members of
the Doobie Brothers, Quicksilver,
Snail, the Little River Band and
many more. The White Album Ensemble
has refined its symphonic
collaboration performing with other
orchestras, but none included the
full symphony that its performances
with Redwood Symphony have.

Last year’s audience left the
theater humming Beatles tunes and
bursting with enthusiasm for the
remarkable show. You won’t want to
miss this year’s rendition!

"The Beatles occupy a hallowed
place at the very top of the popular
music pantheon," Kujawsky said. "Their post-touring repertoire,
beginning with Sgt. Pepper,
is the most impressively innovative
music of the past 50 years.
And that's exactly the repertoire
that our upcoming concert at
the Fox will celebrate—with
a full symphony orchestra accompanying
the great Santa Cruz-based White
Album Ensemble, in their first
local appearance.

Far more than
a Beatles tribute band, the
White Album Ensemble features
a core of talented musicians
and friends who have been performing
together for years. The band includes
former members of the Doobie
Brothers, Quicksilver, Snail,
the Little River Band and many
more. The White Album Ensemble
has refined its symphonic collaboration
by performing each year with
full orchestras.

"White Album
Ensemble specializes in the
post-touring Beatles repertoire,
and the group recreates them
in their original arrangements,
lovingly reconstructed from
the recordings," the maestro
adds. "Some of the Beatles'
most modernistic/artistic songs
are the ones that producer George
Martin (the Fifth Beatle) added
orchestral instruments to, as
well as interesting sound effects,
edits, distortions and the patina
of Art Form. "I think hearing
these live will really bring
home to an audience how innovative
and groundbreaking this music
is (especially when we do the
orchestra interlude in A Day
in the Life)."

This evening
at the historic Fox Theatre
will benefit Redwood Symphony’s
Community and Cultural Outreach Programs.

Don't miss sampling this exciting
White Album Ensemble/Redwood Symphony
collaboration during the symphony's
June 29 free
Outdoor Summer Concert
at 6 p.m. in Redwood City's Courthouse
Square, which will preview the music to be
featured in the August benefit!

Excerpt from Here Comes the Sun, last year's
Beatles tribute with White Album Ensemble
August 10, 2013